Ehh, Wow. This ramble has just reminded me why I totally hate cross-overs. It helps me being italian in this case, because here Marvel comics are in somekind of collector' issue, so two/three titles in one: have to buy 5 titles instead of 10 it's great... but some cross-overs are simply "too much".
It's a case where I can see the appeal - from both a marketing and a readership perspective - but you've got to be really careful how you handle events like that or they become impossible to follow. And following the Marvel universe is hard enough at the best of times, which must put off a lot of new readers who don't know where to start.
Oh I should really go re-read X-Man #59: the shower scene was soo hot! Ok, I'm a Johnny great fan (and Nate's too), so I can't really be objective. ^^"
Nate has a fairly cute scene with Franklin Richards in the same issue, but it's hard to beat the shower scene for pure, gratuity. *g* It's a shame the rest of the X-Man series rarely lived up to that (ahem) standard.
For Cable issues: I have read so little about him, but I do remember I couldn't stand him.
As I said in the main essay, IMO he does start to improve after a while (at least in his better moments) - enough that the character we see in C&DP can be seen as the result of logical progression and character development rather than a complete reinterpretation of the character. But he does look so bad on casual inspection that without Deadpool around, I probably wouldn't have hung around long enough to find out. ^^;
Ok, now I start again yelling at the awful idea of closing down C&DP. Damn X-Men who claimed Cable back!
I'd even settle for any current title even admitting C&DP happened these days. Instead, they seem to be going out of their way to make it sound like they were never friends at all - and from what little I've seen, it looks like they've undone all Cable's character development and sent him back to being the insufferable arse he was when he first showed up. >_<
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Date: 2009-11-20 02:05 pm (UTC)It's a case where I can see the appeal - from both a marketing and a readership perspective - but you've got to be really careful how you handle events like that or they become impossible to follow. And following the Marvel universe is hard enough at the best of times, which must put off a lot of new readers who don't know where to start.
Oh I should really go re-read X-Man #59: the shower scene was soo hot! Ok, I'm a Johnny great fan (and Nate's too), so I can't really be objective. ^^"
Nate has a fairly cute scene with Franklin Richards in the same issue, but it's hard to beat the shower scene for pure, gratuity. *g* It's a shame the rest of the X-Man series rarely lived up to that (ahem) standard.
For Cable issues: I have read so little about him, but I do remember I couldn't stand him.
As I said in the main essay, IMO he does start to improve after a while (at least in his better moments) - enough that the character we see in C&DP can be seen as the result of logical progression and character development rather than a complete reinterpretation of the character. But he does look so bad on casual inspection that without Deadpool around, I probably wouldn't have hung around long enough to find out. ^^;
Ok, now I start again yelling at the awful idea of closing down C&DP. Damn X-Men who claimed Cable back!
I'd even settle for any current title even admitting C&DP happened these days. Instead, they seem to be going out of their way to make it sound like they were never friends at all - and from what little I've seen, it looks like they've undone all Cable's character development and sent him back to being the insufferable arse he was when he first showed up. >_<